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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 27, 2017·4 min readHow the Brain Reacts to Difficult Moral IssuesAccording to researchers, familial relationships in movies affect the reactions in the viewer's brain to moral dilemma addressed between characters.Read More
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